| Nov/Dec |
The Science Teacher “Careers-Marine Biologist” by Luba Vangelova |
| Nov 8 |
UC Santa Cruz – School of Engineering News “UCSC HCI experts help mediate between oceangoing robots, scientists and engineers” by James McGirk |
| Nov 6 |
EOS “How do submarine and terrestrial canyons compare?” by Rachel Crowell |
| Nov 6 |
Monterey County Weekly “Pacific Grove goes big as City Council considers a proposed ban on single-use plastics. ” by Jesse Kathan |
| Nov 6 |
BBC World Service (podcast) “Finding the whale that nearly killed me“ |
| Nov 5 |
Outside “How cheap robots are transforming ocean exploration” by Michael Roberts |
| Nov 1 |
Scroll.in “Watch: This jellyfish has been seen only seven times in the past 27 years“ |
| Oct 30 |
NBC San Diego “Scripps Institute of Oceanography awarded $5M to study toxic algae blooms“ |
| Oct 23 |
TMC News “Microplastics have invaded the food supply” by Alexandra Becker |
| Oct 22 |
Politico “The new science fossil fuel companies fear” by Zack Colma |
| Oct 18 |
KSBW-TV “Area researchers discover second breeding ground for female octopuses” by Kyla Linville |
| Oct 18 |
SF-Gate “Multiple whales were breaching wildly In Monterey Bay right after Tuesday earthquake” by Jay Barmann |
| Oct 18 |
KPIX-TV “Whale breachings off Monterey coast possibly linked to Hollister quake” by Devin Fehely [Carried by several CBS affiliate stations nationwide] |
| Oct 17 |
KION-TV “Better Ask Barry: Do earthquakes make whales “jumpy?” by Barry Brown |
| Oct 17 |
USA Today “Whales breach ‘like crazy’ moments after earthquake” by Pete Thomas |
| Oct 13 |
Monterey Herald “Scientists piece together microplastics problem in Monterey Bay” by Erin Malsbury [Also carried by the San Jose Mercury] |
| Oct 12 |
Santa Cruz Sentinel “Exhibit immerses visitors in a world of ocean sound ” by Jonathan Wosen [Also carried by the Monterey Herald] |
| Oct 12 |
Aptos Times “Protecting our bay” by Zach Friend |
| Sep 30 |
Inside Science “The crazy things biologists do to track animals” by Nala Rogers |
| Sep 27 |
Smithsonian “Coral reefs face the dual threats of ocean acidification and erosion” by Andrea Michelson |
| Sep 26 |
Science Daily “Viruses as modulators of interactions in marine ecosystems” [News release from GEOMAR] |
| Sep 26 |
Monterey County Weekly “With scientists warning about warm seas, Monterey’s fishermen prepare for the worst” by Cypress Hansen |
| Sep 25 |
Grist “To save our oceans, we have to change what we do on land” by Todd Woody |
| Sep 25 |
Monterey Herald “‘We’re all in big trouble’: Climate panel sees a dire future” by Seth Borenstein |
| Sep 25 |
San Francisco Chronicle “UN climate panel finds growing risks to oceans, glacial regions” by Peter Fimrite |
| Sep 25 |
The Verge “Heat waves happen in the oceans, too — and they’re getting worse ” by Justine Calma [Also carried by several smaller online news outlets] |
Sep 22
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The Riverdale Press “World of bioluminescence keeps getting bigger and bigger” by Sura Jeselsohn |
Sep 18
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute “Rapid response at sea” by Evan Lubofsky [Excerpt carried by Hydro International and Sea Technology] |
Sep 18
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Los Angeles Times “Ocean robots take the pulse of our planet by measuring microbes” by Stephanie De Marco [Article carried by PhysOrg and at least 8 other online media outlets] |
Sep 13
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Marine Technology News “The importance of FAIR data in earth science” by Jans Aasman |
Sep 11
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The Kids Should See This “The allure of fluorescence in the ocean” by Rion Nakaya |
Sep 11
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The Scientist “Image of the day: Vampire squid” by Emily Makowski |
Sep 7
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Jerusalem Post “Israel is taking on the jellies” by Sarah Vorsanger |
Sep 5
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Atlas Obscura “The ocean’s eerie twilight zone is in murky legal water” by Sabrina Imbler |
| Aug 28 |
Popular Mechanics “Cool new robot can grab squishy fish without hurting them” by Jennifer Leman [Also carried by MSN.com] |
| Aug 26 |
Seeker [Video] “This deep-sea robot will explore the depths of the ocean like never before“ |
| Aug 22 |
Dataversity “Case Study: Semantic web ontologies and geoscience collaboration helps the planet” by Jennifer Zaino |
| Aug 21 |
Accuweather.com “Underwater robots deployed and on patrol in Lake Erie ” by Amanda Schmidt and Jonathan Petramala [Also carried by MSN.com] |
| Aug 16 |
Ocean News and Technology “An autonomous vehicle coupled with a robotic laboratory” [Reprint of MBARI news article by Cassandra Burrier] |
| Aug 15 |
Christian Science Monitor “Message in a bottle: Forensics meets marine science with eDNA ” by Amanda Paulson |
| Aug 14 |
NOAA Research News “NOAA is developing underwater robots to map, measure toxicity of Great Lakes algal blooms” [Story carried by Environmental News Network] |
| Aug 13 |
KION-TV “Scientists measuring the health of the bay through whale songs” by Zach Mcintyre |
| Aug 13 |
Common Dreams “Humanity’s destruction of oceans nearly doubled over a decade, scientists warn, and could double again without urgent action” by Jessica Corbett |
| Aug 10 |
New Atlas “Robot to study the marine twilight region completes sea trials” by David Szondy |
| Aug 8 |
KQED Science “Jumbo squid are missing from Monterey Bay. Will they ever return?’” by Allessandra DiCorato |
| Aug 7 |
Jackson Hole News and Guide “Aquatic scientists lean into ‘eDNA’” by Mike Koshmrl [Also carried by several other regional papers, including The Billings Gazette, The Missoulian, The Montana Standard, The Independent Record] |
| Aug 6 |
dbusiness.com “Underwater robotic labs to help U-M researchers monitor bacteria bloom in Lake Erie” by Grace Turner [Based on a University of Michigan news release] |
| Aug 2 |
Knowable “A world in a bottle of water” by Rodrigo Pérez Ortega [Article also appeared in Monterey Herald, East Bay Times, and San Jose Mercury] |
| Aug 2 |
Christian Science Monitor “No light, no problem: The improbable wonders of deep-sea coral” by Amanda Paulson |
| July 31 |
Monterey Herald “Future development, constraints focus of Moss Landing plan workshop” by Jim Johnson |
| July 30 |
Popular Mechanics “Why the anglerfish continues to haunt our dreams” by Daisy Hernandez [Also carried by Yahoo News] |
| July 29 |
New York Times “The creepy anglerfish comes to light. (Just don’t get too close.)” by William Broad |
| July 27 |
Santa Cruz Sentinel “State legislature poised to get serious about plastic pollution” by Katherine O’Dea [Opinion piece] |
| July 26 |
Christian Science Monitor “Into the twilight zone: An age of discovery unfolds beneath the waves” by Amanda Paulson |
| July 25 |
Hakai Magazine “Cities acidify the water next door” by Jess Mackie |
| July 23 |
Nature Microbiology – Research Communications “Eavesdropping on plankton with robots: lessons from the microbes of the California Current” by Bethany Kolody |
| July 21 |
CNN “Scientists discovered a new species of tiny sharks that glow in the dark” [Carried by over 85 media outlets nationwide) |
| July 20 |
USA Today (opinion section) “Filmmaker James Cameron: We can protect the ocean ‘twilight zone’ with a new moonshot” by James Cameron |
| July 17 |
KAZU “Santa Cruz County looks to ban more plastic items” by Michelle Loxton |
| July 15 |
WCGU News “Encore: Study suggests Americans are consuming lots of microplastics” by Mike Kiniry and Julie Glenn |
| July 11 |
NOAA Research News “A look in side how NOAA tracks harmful algal blooms“ |
| July 11 |
KCET “What’s it like to run a satellite? Ask these college students” by Aparna Vidyasagar |
| July 3 |
KQED Science “How scientists detect the most lethal shellfish toxin you’ve never heard of” by Allessandra DiCorato |
| July |
Elle “27 women leading the charge to protect our environment” by Veronique Hyland, Naomi Rougeau, and Julie Vadnal |
| June 28 |
NMEA News “Developing ocean literacy through virtual reality and distance learning“ |
| June 26 |
Monterey Herald “Critical Monterey Bay kelp threatened by urchins” by Dennis L. Taylor |
| June 23 |
Bay Nature “A Tidepool in Time” by Tessa Hill and Eric Simons |
| June 22 |
KQED Science “What happens to the bodies of dead whales?” by Danielle Venton |
| Jun 18 |
Mashable “Who is this see-through alien?” by Mark Kaufman [Also carried by Yahoo News] |
| Jun 6 |
Stories related to news release: New study finds microplastic throughout Monterey Bay.
– NPR, “Microplastics have invaded the deep ocean — and the food chain” by Christopher Joyce (6-6-19) [Carried by over 100 NPR stations nationwide]
– Newsweek, “Monterey Bay is filled with microplastic from human waste–even at its deepest points” by Hannah Osborne (6-6-19)
– Scientific American, “The deep ocean harbors a mountain of microplastic pollution” by Rachel Nuwer (6-6-19)
– National Geographic News, “Tiny plastic pieces are spread throughout the deep sea” by Laura Parker (6-6-19)
– The Guardian, “‘Pieces of human society’: deep ocean may be riddled with microplastics” by Katharine Gammon (6-6-19)
– The Atlantic, “We were missing most of the plastic in the ocean” by Sarah Zhang (6-6-19) [Also carried by MSN news]
– New Scientist, “Plastic pollution found at every depth of the ocean by deep-sea survey” by Michael Le Page (6-6-19)
– Wired, “Monterey Bay is a natural wonder – poisoned by microplastic” by Matt Simon (6-6-19) [Also appeared in Mother Jones]
– Science News, “Tiny plastic debris is accumulating far beneath the ocean surface” by Maria Temming (6-6-19)
– Fox News, “Study finds microplastics in all surveyed sea creatures, moving through the food chain” (6-6-19)
– San Jose Mercury, “‘Incredibly sobering’: New study finds Monterey Bay littered with tiny pieces of plastic” by Paul Rogers (6-6-19)
– LAist, “Sea Creatures In Monterey Bay are eating plastic because humans are trash monsters” by Jacob Margolis (6-6-19)
– USA Today, “Turns out there’s more plastic pollution in the deep ocean than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch” by Elizabeth Weise (6-6-19) [Also appeared in over 25 newspapers nationwide]
– Axios, “Microplastics lurk in the deep sea” by Andrew Freedman (6-6-19)
– KQED Science, “The new pollution: Monterey Bay is swimming in microplastic” by Kevin Stark (6-6-19)
– SFGate, “Monterey Bay has more microplastics than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, researchers say” by Drew Costley (6-6-19) [Also appeared in Houston Chronicle)]
– KION-TV, “Microplastics fill the Monterey Bay, study shows” by Zach Mcintyre (6-6-19)
– KPBS-TV, “Scripps study: Microplastics found In deep ocean, affecting food chain” by Shalina Chatlani (6-6-19)
– KSBW-TV, “New MBARI study shows microplastics contaminate Monterey Bay” by Kyla Linville (6-7-19)
– KQED News (radio), “Study: Monterey Bay infested by microplastic pollution” by Mina Kim (6-7-19)
– Parley for the Oceans, “Microplastics” (6-7-19)
– Science Alert, “We totally missed most of the plastic pollution in the ocean, study reveals” by Aylin Woodward (6-7-19)
– ZME Science, “The ocean has much more plastic than we thought” by Mihai Andre (6-7-19)
– Fish Information and Services, “The new pollution: Monterey Bay is swimming in microplastic” (6-10-19)
– NBC News, “Tiny plastic particles have been found in the deep ocean — and animals are eating them” by Denise Chow (6-12-19)
– Monterey County Weekly, “Survey of Monterey Bay waters reveals the deep ocean is riddled with plastic” by Asaf Shalev (6-12-19)
– World Economic Forum, “Microplastics have spread right to the sea bed, study finds” by Emma Charlton (6-19-19)
– San Luis Obispo Tribune, “Tiny pieces of plastic pollute Monterey Bay — and they’re likely in SLO County waters, too” by Carrie Schuman (7-5-19) [Also carried by the Fresno Bee
– Toronto Business Journal, “Unbelievable amounts of plastics swimming in the deep ocean and entering the food web” (7-8-19) |
| Jun 6 |
Monterey County Weekly “The Buzz” [Includes short article on CANON experiment] |
| Jun 3 |
Hakai “The Hotel California of fossilized worms” by Kristy Hamilton |
| May 23 |
National Center for Science and Education [News Release] “Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2019” by Glenn Branch |
| May 22 |
Egypt Daily News “Lack of proper waste management in Egypt causes accumulation of marine plastic litter” by Mohammed El-Said [also carried by 3 or 4 other papers in Egypt] |
| May 22 |
Chemical and Engineering News “Podcast: How robots are revolutionizing chemical oceanography” by Sam Lemonick |
| May 2 |
EOS “Water, water everywhere—But how much H2O?” by Emily Underwood |
| May 2 |
National Geographic News “How bioluminescence works in nature” by Liz Langley [MBARI cited as source of animated illustration] |
| May 1 |
Aerospace and Defense Technology “Monitoring a nearshore beneficial use site: Application of a benthic sled and video annotation“ |
| May 1 |
Wet Pixel “Hostile Planet Filmmakers Interview – Part 2” by Adam Hanlon |
| May 1 |
Gizmodo “The world’s largest animal has a secret lingo—Here’s what It sounds like” by Maddie Stone |
| Apr 26 |
Deutsche Welle “The deep sea: Where poisons become nutrients” by Brigitte Osterath |
| Apr 24 |
National Geographic TV “Hostile Planet filmmakers teamed up with scientists at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)” [Behind the scenes video for National Geographic’s “Hostile Planet”] |
| Apr 24 |
CGTN America “Reporter’s Notebook: A deep dive into the world’s oceans” by Frances Kuo |
| Apr 23 |
Stories related to MBARI news release: Carbon dioxide from Silicon Valley affects the chemistry of Monterey Bay.
– KION-TV, “High carbon dioxide levels are being discovered from the Silicon Valley” by Zach Mcintyre (4-23-19)
– San Francisco Chronicle, “Disturbing levels of carbon dioxide likely to increase ocean acidity fast, scientists say” by Peter Fimrite (4-24-19)
– KCBS-radio, Story carried in main news stream and broadcast at least 16 times (4-28-19 and 4-29-19)
– KQED Science, “Threat to sea life as greenhouse gases drift offshore” by Hannah Hagemann (4-29-19)
– KSBW-TV, “Bay Area commuters spike CO2 levels in Monterey Bay” by Caitlin Conrad (4-29-19) [Also carried by KCRA-TV, Laredo Morning Times, and SF Gate]
– Monterey Herald, “MBARI study shows increased CO2 in the Monterey Bay ” by Tom Garlinghouse (4-30-19)
– KFBK-radio, Story carried on morning news (5-1-19)
– San Jose Mercury, “CO₂ emissions from Silicon Valley and Salinas linked to ocean acidification in Monterey Bay” by Priyanka Runwal (5-6-19) [Also carried by at least 9 other Northern California newspapers in the MediaNews group]
[Release also carried verbatim by Environmental News Network, TodayChan, BrightSurf, and ScienceDaily] |
| Apr 16 |
Syracuse University News “Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecturer Benoit-Bird to discuss ‘Echoes from the Deep’“ |
| Apr 13 |
Santa Cruz Sentinel “Moss Landing evolves as center for marine sciences” by Gary Griggs |
| Apr 9 |
Palo Alto Online “Choreography meets climate change at Stanford” by Karla Kane |
| Apr 8 |
National Geographic TV “Hostile Planet – Oceans” [MBARI footage in deep-sea section – 31:40 to 35:00] |
| Apr 6 |
Santa Cruz Sentinel “ROV-ing in the deep” by Rachel Kippen |
| Apr 3 |
Environmental Monitor “Little worlds of wood on the ocean floor” by Karla Lant |
| Apr 3 |
Geek.com “Scientists attach cameras to white sharks to watch how they hunt their prey” by Genevieve Scarano |
| Mar 25 |
KSCO-radio “Good Morning Monterey Bay” (interview with Kim Fulton-Bennett about MBARI’s eDNA research) |
| Mar 21 |
National Geographic News “Spectacular new fossil bonanza captures explosion of early life” by Michael Greshko [Also carried by MSN News” and several other news-aggregation web sites] |
| Mar 20 |
Marine Technology News “Drones for coastal enviro management” by Justin Manley |
| Mar 9 |
MSN News “Scariest animals in the world” by Pete Thomas and David Strege |
| Mar 7 |
Marine Technology News “Interview: MBARI President Chris Scholin “ |
| Mar 1 |
Journal of Petroleum Technology “How oil innovation has benefited other industries” by Trent Jacobs |
| Mar 1 |
Monterey Herald “Seaside Middle School students adopt scientific float” by Priyanka Runwal |
| Feb 27 |
BioGraphic “Allure of the Flower Hat” by Tony Wu |
| Feb 18 |
New Yorker “A whale’s afterlife” by Jeffrey Marlow |
| Feb 18 |
LabRoots “Marine protected areas crucial for commercially harvested animal populations”
by Anthony Bouchard |
| Feb 8 |
BBC “Humpback Whales: A Detective Story“ |
| Feb 6 |
PBS News Hour (video for social media) “ Why is this squid wearing a Fitbit?” by Vicky Stein |
| Feb 4 |
The Log “American Heritage: The shipwreck of Santa Monica Bay ” by Parimal M. Rohit |
| Feb |
National Maritime Historical Society “Milky Seas“ |
| Jan 30 |
Anthroposphere – The Oxford Climate Review “The Argo Evolution” by Grace Greenwald and Shannon Switzer Swanson |
| Jan 29 |
Stories related to MBARI news release: Why do beaked whales return to a Navy sonar range despite frequent disturbance? It’s the food.
– iNews, “Beaked whales are travelling into military testing zones to dive for squid” by Sally Guyoncourt (1-29-19)
– The Maritime Executive, “Why do beaked whales keep returning to a Navy sonar range?” (1-29-19)
– taucher.net, “California: Whales always return to sonar testing areas” (2-7-19)
[Release also carried verbatim by Environmental News Network, Science Daily, Science Blog, Safety4Sea, the British Ecological Society and UC Santa Cruz] |
| Jan 24 |
WESA-radio (NPR) “The octopus whisperer” by Alisa Opar [See also: Picture of the Week: Cock-Eyed Squid. Both stories originally produced by ScienceFriday for Cephalopod week 2017 and also carried by KERA-TV, KWBU-radio, and WBFO-radio] |
| Jan 23 |
CBC Kids “5 animals that glow“ |
| Jan 21 |
Mongabay “A ‘FitBit for squid’ could help track the ocean’s squishier species” by Marianne Messina [Also carried by Enviro LInk and South Africa Today] |
| Jan 19 |
Wild About Animals [Kid’s science TV show featuring MBARI videos of “some of the strangest looking creatures in our oceans”] |
| Jan 17 |
Stories related to MBARI web article: Biologists discover deep-sea fish living where there is virtually no oxygen.
– New Atlas, “Fish found thriving in waters with almost no oxygen” by Michael Irving (1-20-19)
– Newsweek, “Robot discovers eels and sharks thriving in deep-sea void where oxygen hardly exists” by Aristos Georgiou (1-21-19) [Also carried by MSN]
– Science Alert, “Scientists discover freaky fish thriving in waters we thought were deadly to life ” by Peter Dockrill (1-21-19)
– Fox News, “Bizarre deep-sea fish living in Gulf of California with ‘virtually no oxygen’ puzzles biologists” by Jennifer Earl (1-21-19) [Also carried by New York Post]
– Slash Gear, “Two fish species can survive in areas of the Gulf of California with little oxygen” by Shane McGlaun (1-21-19)
– The Weather Channel, “Gulf of California fish found thriving in one of the most extreme low oxygen underwater habitats on Earth” by Drew MacFarlane (1-22-19)
– Geek.com, “Biologists using underwater robot discover deep-sea fish living where there is ‘virtually no oxygen’” by Stephanie Valera (1-23-19)
– Also covered verbatim by Phys Org, Infosurhoy, Maritime Herald, Knowridge, trading-house.net, 15MinuteNews.com, Follow News, and other news aggregation web sites |
| Jan 17 |
Mashable “Uncharted worlds- Descending into the dark sea is like exploring deep space” by Mark Kaufman |
| Jan 16 |
San Jose Inside “Monterey Bay whale researchers prepare for a busy year ahead” by Lauren Hepler |
| Jan 15 |
Vintage News “Ship which sank in 1995 found off California coast – 3D Model Made” by Ian Harvey |
| Jan 14 |
Scuttlebutt Sailing News “Responsibilities after the rescue“ |
| Jan 13 |
Deep Sea News “The lonely existence of vampire squids” by Craig McClain |
| Jan 8 |
Taucher.net “Deep Sea: Five new species of sea slugs discovered“ |
| Jan 7 |
Supply Chain Drive “Environmental concerns loom after MSC loses 270 containers at sea” by Edwin Lopez |
| Jan 4 |
The Daily Astorian “An anomaly” by Elleda Wilson |
| Jan 3 |
Oceanus “To tag a squid – New device can reveal unknown behavior of these key creatures” by Daniel Cojanu and Elise Hugus |
| Jan 3 |
Smithsonian.com “He was on duty when the ship sank. Two decades later, the ROV pilot aids in Its exploration” by Meilan Solly |
| Jan 3 |
Monterey County Weekly “Scientists at MBARI are researching a last-ditch possibility to combat climate change“ |
